Aberdeen played well in all facets to earn a convincing 10-0 victory over Shelton in a 2A Evergreen Conference game on Wednesday in Aberdeen.
Leading the way for the Bobcats (6-0 overall, 2-0 2A Evergreen) was senior pitcher Lilly Camp, who held the Highclimbers (2-7, 0-4), who retired nine straight to start the game and allowed just two hits while striking out 12 in another stellar outing.
RYAN SPARKS | THE DAILY WORLD Aberdeen pitcher Lilly Camp allowed just two hits and struck out 12 in a 10-0 victory over Shelton on Wednesday at the Bishop Athletic Complex in Aberdeen.
Camp got plenty of run support as the Bobcats offense had 12 hits in the game, seven for extra bases.
Catcher Alyssa Yakovich drove in the Cats’ first run of the game with a single in the bottom of the first and was followed by Camp, who hit a high fly ball over the left-field fence for a two-run home run.
Aberdeen shortstop Zoe Vessey tripled and scored on an errant relay throw followed a few batters later with Camp singling in a run for a 5-0 lead after two frames.
RYAN SPARKS | THE DAILY WORLD Aberdeen’s Zoe Vessey belted a triple during a 10-0 win over Shelton on Wednesday at the Bishop Athletic Complex in Aberdeen.
Cats third baseman Britten Neal followed a double by first baseman Maysinn Jones for a run in the bottom of the third followed by another three runs in the fourth highlighted by an RBI double from Yakovich and a two-run double by Jones.
Aberdeen eventually earned the walk-off, mercy-rule victory when Ally Adams, on board with a leadoff double in the bottom of the fifth, came in to score on a passed ball to close out the 10-0 victory.
Camp allowed just two singles in the game and threw 53 strikes out of 77 total pitches to pick up her fifth win of the season. The right-handed ace has pitched 28 innings this season without giving up a run and is holding opponents to a .117 batting average.
“Lilly’s spins were working great,” said Yakovich, Aberdeen’s starting catcher. “She throws great pitches and works around all her locations and it makes it easy work for me back there.”
RYAN SPARKS | THE DAILY WORLD Aberdeen catcher Alyssa Yakovich scurries back to second base during the Bobcats’ 10-0 win over Shelton on Wednesday in Aberdeen. Yakovich went a perfect 3 for 3 in the game.
Yakovich continued her hot-hitting five games into the season, going a perfect 3 for 3 with a double and two RBI to push her total to a team-best 10 RBI and a batting average to .563 this season.
Camp and Jones had two hits apiece for a Bobcats teams that is hitting .333 as a team through five games.
“Honestly, great day,” Yakovich said of her team’s overall performance. “We felt clean, looked clean, Lilly did great on the mound. Hitting-wise, I felt like we did hat we needed to do. We were seeing pitches, locating them and seeing where they needed to be hit on the field. I think we did a great job at the plate today.”
RYAN SPARKS | THE DAILY WORLD Aberdeen first baseman Maysinn Jones had two doubles in a 10-0 win over Shelton on Wednesday in Aberdeen.
Going into the game against a young Highclimbers team, the coaching staff’s message to the players was not to underestimate their opponent.
“Our coaches said, ‘Let’s come in and crush them,” Yakovich said. “Let’s not coast through anything. No autopilot. Let’s go in and show them what we can do.’”
“We’ve been preaching to them that we do not underestimate anybody in this league,” Bobcats head coach Jimmy McDaniel said. “We have a lot of talks and practice about the mindset and their mentality going into games. We don’t want them to settle and get comfortable (and quiet) on the field. They know Lilly doesn’t going to give up a lot of hits, but they can’t lose their focus, they need to expect the ball every time. … Expect the ball and have a plan.”
Aberdeen hosts Hoquiam in a Myrtle Street Rivalry game at 4 p.m. on Friday.
Shelton 000 00 – 0 2 1
Aberdeen 321 31 – 10 12 0
WP: Camp (5 IP, 0R, 2H, 12K). LP: Rix (4.1 IP, 10R, 8ER, 12H, 4BB, 3K).
Leading hitters: Shelton – Gouley (1-2); Rix (1-2). Aberdeen – Yakovich (3-3, 2B, 2RBI); Jones (2-2, 2 2B, R, 2RBI); Camp (2-3, HR, R, 3RBI); Vessey (1-3, 3B, 2R); Adams (1-1, 2B, 3R, 2 SB); Baker (1-1, R); Neal (1-1, 2B, RBI); Lecomte (1-2, R)..
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